You guys running #Bitcoin Lightning nodes, like myself, know that you are running a hot wallet and the seed phrase is in plaintext in a file? Right? Is that server well protected, up to date and monitored? This is not a fix all, but at least the private key is safe: There is a new gadget around that I have to test, it's a HSM for LN node. It keeps the seed phrase external.

28°C/82°F at this moment in #Montreal, it's wonderful!

After a while watching and reading server logs, it almost feels like reading the Matrix code like they do in the movie.

Who is going to the cinema watch #Metallica new music album live worldwide tomorrow, Thursday April 13th? 2 hours long presentation.

One thing I like to do as a #bitcoin lightning node operator, is to watch all the sats being routed by my node and the few bits of stats I collect as a reward to help the transactions being routed to their destinations. This don't pay the VPS bill but I feel like I contributed to something bigger and I am proud of it. If you want to open a channel with my node, you are more than welcomed:

Node: ln.espia.ca | 1ML - Lightning Network Search and Analysis Engine - Bitcoin mainnet

Lightning Network Search and Analysis Engine